000 . the side suffered further injury , to harry lee , and recruited southland ##er w . hi ##rst for their match against mata ##ura district on 8 august . despite playing the match two players down , the natives comfortably defeated mata ##ura 16 – 3 . following the side ' s return to new zealand , the otago rugby football union demanded that the team ' s management explain the accusations level ##led at them in queensland . e ##yt ##on responded by insisting that the players had only been suspended while an investigation was conducted , and that the management was confident no wrong ##do ##ing had occurred . the northern rugby union ( since renamed queensland rugby union ) sum ##mar ##ised the
000. the side suffered further injury, to harry lee, and recruited southlander w. hirst for their match against mataura district on 8 august. despite playing the match two players down, the natives comfortably defeated mataura 16 – 3. following the side's return to new zealand, the otago rugby football union demanded that the team's management explain the accusations levelled at them in queensland. eyton responded by insisting that the players had only been suspended while an investigation was conducted, and that the management was confident no wrongdoing had occurred. the northern rugby union ( since renamed queensland rugby union ) summarised the